Driftopia.com, News Archive December 2007
December 29, 2007 Got boost? Project S2000 does. Check back next week for full write-ups of the Comptech Supercharger install. December 16, 2007 The tech section for Project MR2 Spyder…
Part 2: Reintroducing Project S2000 (Change of Plans and More Power)
Change of Plans Sometimes we get ahead of ourselves and that is exactly what happened with Part 1: of project S2000. Project S2000 is owned by Rio-S2k in the forums…
MR2 Spyder Weight Chart (Weight Reduction)
Go straight to the weight chart Perhaps the two greatest strengths of the Toyota MR2 Spyder is its exceptional balance and light weight. Very few cars offer the shear joy…
Part 1: Introducing the Daily Driven, Grip Racing MR2 Spyder.
Introducing project MR2 Spyder (MR-S), my daily driver. I might as well come clean up front, I wouldn’t want you guys to think I am going soft, or crazy for…
Custom Cold Air Intake (CAI) for the CA18DET
This tutorial covers the steps necessary to replace the factory flexible intake with a solid, metal pipe unit that will always draw ambient air from outside of the engine bay.…
Swapping the KA24DE Throttle Body onto the CA18DET Intake Manifold (The Quick and Dirty Way)
Installing the larger KA24DE throttle body onto the CA18DET intake manifold is one of the rare free mods that has no drawbacks. Although a gain in horsepower is usually not…
Part 7: The Quest for Efficiency
If I were to ask you what your vices are, what would you say? Now what about your automotive vices? What preoccupies your mind when you are working on a…
Driftopia.com, News Archive November 2007
Become a friend of driftopia. Find out how here November 25, 2007 A new quick link has been added to centralize the data pertaining to the water injection install on…
CA18DET Water/Methanol Injection Progress Pics
This page highlights the progression of the CA18DET swapped 240sx’s water/methanol injection install. Future tutorials will be appended when the project is complete. Images are from newest to oldest. To…
CA18DET Coolant Mod Number 2 (From 10+ Lines to 1)
Depending on how you count it, the ca18det has over 10 coolant lines. For those building their cars for race use, this can be reduced to only one line (excluding…
Deciphering 240sx lingo. (Chuki’s, Kouki’s, Silvia’s and Zenki’s Ohh My!)
New to 240’s and trying to figure out why no one actually refers to their car as a 240sx. This list should help you out. S13 = 1989 – 1994…
Archived News, October 2007, Driftopia.com
October 25, 2007 <begin evil genius laugh></end evil genius laugh> Ok sorry for that. A little programmer or dork humor if you will. Yeah, I’m a big dork but so…
News, Sept 2007
Update: Colin McRae Tribute page is up. I felt like I had to write something for someone that has inspired my passions so much. You will be missed. Sept 27,…
HKS SSQV Recirculated Blow Off Valve (BOV) Theory and Install
BOV Theory Installing the SSQV BOV Theory The function of a blow off valve (BOV) is to reduce pressure waves that result when the throttle plate of your engine is…